# Incident 20180929009499I: Cessna TR182, San Diego, CA, September 29, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 29, 2018, 17:06 local time
- Place: San Diego, CA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.7153° N, 117.1573° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of San Diego, CA, within about 10 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7153&lon=-117.1573&mi=10
- Aircraft: N738FH, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N738FH) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna TR182 (registry code 2072735, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-tr182) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA TR182
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-540 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 3,041 total, 1,912 in this make and model, 38 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180929009499I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

PILOT LANDED AT ANOTHER AIRPORT TO WAIT OUT A TFR.  PILOT RETURNED TO AIRCRAFT 30 MINUTES LATER AND DID NOT DO A THROUGH PREFLIGHT.  PILOT LEFT THE TOW BAR ON THE FRONT NOSE WHEEL.  WHEN HE WENT TO LOWER THE GEAR, THE FRONT NOSE WHEEL WOULD NOT COME DOWN, AS THE TOW BAR WAS STUCK UP IN THE WHEEL WELL.  PILOT HAD TO MAKE A LANDING WITH NO NOSE GEAR.  PILOT LANDED SAFELY WITHOUT SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.